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IBM COBOL Data and File Management
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 17 hours
  • Course by IBM
  • Offered by

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Welcome to IBM COBOL – Data and File Management! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and hands on experience with IBM COBOL data and file management. In this course, you will learn the fundamental elements of COBOL code. You will learn the process of working with COBOL data. You will learn handling COBOL files. This course also relational databases in a mainframe, COBOL context. So let’s get started!

Modules

Welcome to the Course

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 ExternalTool
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1 External Tool

  • IBM Remote Lab Platform (IRLP)

1 Discussions

  • Who Are You, How Are You, Where Are You?

3 Videos

  • Course Introduction and Objectives
  • Course Modules
  • Get Familiar with the Skytap Lab Environment

3 Readings

  • Course Syllabus
  • Lab Checklist
  • Hands-On Lab: Launch and Logon to the Virtual Machine (VM)

COBOL Language Elements

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • COBOL Language Elements

1 Discussions

  • Research COBOL Language Elements and Share with the Group

3 Videos

  • Module 2 Introduction and Objectives
  • COBOL Language Elements
  • COBOL Language Elements in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • Declaring Data in COBOL

COBOL Programming Structure

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • COBOL Programming Structure

1 Discussions

  • Research COBOL Program Structure and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • COBOL Programming Structure
  • COBOL Programming Structure in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • Data Division

Common COBOL Commands

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Common COBOL Commands

1 Discussions

  • Research Common COBOL Commands and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • Common COBOL Commands
  • Common COBOL Commands in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • Basic COBOL Commands

COBOL Data Fundamentals: Module Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • COBOL Data Fundamentals

1 Videos

  • Module 2 Completed Objectives

VSCode, Zowe Components, and Mainframe Extensions

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • VSCode, Zowe Components, and Mainframe Extensions

1 Discussions

  • Research VSCode, Zowe Components, And Mainframe Extensions and Share with the Group

3 Videos

  • Module 3 Introduction and Objectives
  • VSCode, Zowe Components, and Mainframe Extensions
  • VSCode, Zowe Components, and Mainframe Extensions in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • IBM Z Open Editor: Using the Zowe Explorer Views

COBOL Command Line Interface (CLI)

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • COBOL Command Line Interface (CLI)

1 Discussions

  • Research COBOL Command Line Interface (CLI) and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • COBOL Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • COBOL Command Line Interface (CLI) in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • Using Zowe CLI

JES and JCL

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • JES and JCL

1 Discussions

  • Research COBOL Command Line Interface (CLI) and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • JES and JCL
  • JES and JCL in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • What is JES in JCL?

Working with COBOL Data: Module Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 ExternalTool
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Working with COBOL Data

1 External Tool

  • IBM Remote Lab Platform (IRLP)

1 Videos

  • Module 3 Completed Objectives

2 Readings

  • Hands-On Lab: Access the Mainframe with TSO and ISPF
  • Self-Guided Lab (Optional) – ISPF Tutorial

Records

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Records

1 Discussions

  • Research Records and Share with the Group

3 Videos

  • Module 4 Introduction and Objectives
  • Records
  • Records in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • COBOL – File Handling

Blocks

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Blocks

1 Discussions

  • Research Blocks and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • Blocks
  • Blocks in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • Enterprise COBOL for z/OS: Setting Block Sizes

Organization and Storage

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Organization and Storage

1 Discussions

  • Research Organization and Storage and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • Organization and Storage
  • Organization and Storage in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • Enterprise COBOL for z/OS: File Organization And Input-Output Devices

Handling Files in COBOL: Module Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 ExternalTool
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Handling Files in COBOL

1 External Tool

  • IBM Remote Lab Platform (IRLP)

1 Videos

  • Module 4 Completed Objectives

1 Readings

  • Hands-On Lab: Review the Data Sets

Fundamentals of Relational Data

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Fundamentals of Relational Data

1 Discussions

  • Research Fundamentals of Relational Data and Share with the Group

3 Videos

  • Module 5 Introduction and Objectives
  • Fundamentals of Relational Data
  • Fundamentals of Relational Data in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • The Basics of Relational Databases

Fundamentals of Db2

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Fundamentals of Db2

1 Discussions

  • Research Fundamentals of Db2 and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • Fundamentals of Db2
  • Fundamentals of Db2 in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • The Top Ten Db2 Things You Need to Know

COBOL Data Interfaces

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • COBOL Data Interfaces

1 Discussions

  • Research COBOL Data Interfaces and Share with the Group

2 Videos

  • COBOL Data Interfaces
  • COBOL Data Interfaces in Your Reading

1 Readings

  • COBOL – Data Interfaces

Relational Databases and Mainframe Data: Module Summary

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Relational Databases and Mainframe Data

1 Videos

  • Module 5 Completed Objectives

Module 6 Summary

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Final Comments

2 Videos

  • Completed Course Objectives
  • Group Discussion

Auto Summary

Discover IBM COBOL Data and File Management, an IT & Computer Science course on Coursera, designed to enhance your COBOL coding skills, data handling, and file management techniques. Perfect for beginners, this foundational course spans 1020 minutes and offers both Starter and Professional subscription options. Join now to master COBOL in a mainframe context with expert guidance!

Erik Herman
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Erik Herman